The NLA-Team lost Game 5 to the Therwil Flyers 7-6 in 11 innings. After trailing 5-0 after two innings, the Challengers came back and took a 6-5 lead off reliever Stefan Koller in the eighth inning, but a huge error and a sac fly tied it at 6 apiece in the bottom of the ninth. In the 11th, back-to-back singles by Matthias Jung and Seppi Zwyer off Tobias Siegrist clinched the Semifinals Series in favor of the Flyers.
 

The NLA-Team forced a deciding Game 5 in its semifinal series against the first placed Therwil Flyers with a 4-3 victory after extra innings in Game 4 on Sunday, September 6. The C’s were at the brink of elimination, as they trailed 1-3 with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning. But Ueli Von Burg and James Sanders reached base and were batted in on Tobias Siegrist’s 2-run double to tie the game at 3-3. And it was almost the same script in the bottom of the 11th frame again, as the Flyers defense misplayed a grounder from Siegrist, enabling Von Burg to score the winning run from second base with one out to prolong the Challengers’ season. On Saturday the Therwil Flyers took a 2 games to 1 series lead with a 15-0 shutout victory in Game 3 at Therwil. Game 5 will take place at Therwil on Saturday, September 19.

The Therwil Flyers took a 2 games to 1 series lead with a 15-0 shutout victory in Game 3 on Saturday at Therwil. The best-of-five semifinal series will continue with Game 4 on Sunday, September 6 at 2pm at Hünenberg Rony.

Für das NLA-Team stehen am Samstag und am Sonntag die Spiele 3 und 4 in der best-of-five Halbfinalserie mit den Therwil Flyers auf dem Programm. Nachdem beide Teams am vergangenen Wochenende ihre Heimspiele gewinnen konnten, steht es in der Serie nach Siegen 1-1. Die Flyers gewannen die erste Partie auf der Känelmatt sicher mit 10-2, während die Challengers tags darauf mit ihrem 9-5 Erfolg ein kräftiges Lebenszeichen von sich gaben. Spiel 3 findet am Samstag, 5. September um 14.00 Uhr auf der Therwiler Känelmatt statt, Spiel 4 geht am Sonntag, 6. September um 14.00 Uhr in Hünenberg Rony über die Bühne.

James Sanders tossed eight magnificient innings, Tobias Siegrist delivered three hits and drove in three runs, and the Challengers find themselves all even with the Therwil Flyers in the best-of-five semifinal series. After dropping the opener 2-10 on Saturday at Therwil, the C’s had 13 hits en route to a 9-5 victory over the Flyers in Game 2 on Sunday, August 30 at Embrach. The Flyers scored their first run in the third inning, but the C’s answered with three runs of their own in the bottom half of the frame on singles from Angel Maduro, Ueli Von Burg and RBI-singles from Sanders and Siegrist. After two RBI-doubles from Siegrist and Jesus Martinez in the seventh frame to make it 5-2, the C’s added four insurance runs in the eight to put things out of reach for the Flyers. Game 3 will take place on Saturday, September 5 at Therwil, Game 4 is scheduled for Sunday, September 6 at Hünenberg.

The Challengers traveled to Therwil, where they played Game 1 of the best-of-five semifinal series on Saturday, August 29. The Therwil Flyers took the series opener, as they posted a 10-2 victory over the Challengers. Game 2 will take place on Sunday, August 30 at 3pm at Embrach PZ Hard.

The Challengers lost both games of Saturday’s doubleheader against the Lausanne Indians, concluding their regular season in fourth place with a 15-13 record. In Game 1, the Challengers were overmatched 15-5 in seven innings, and in Game 2, they were outscored 13-2. The Playoffs will start on August 29, with Game 1 of the Semifinals against the Therwil Flyers.

Mit einer Punkteteilung gegen die Embrach Rainbows erzielten die Challengers am Sonntag, 16. August den notwendigen Sieg, um die Playoffqualifikation sicherzustellen. Nachdem die Rainbows im ersten Spiel des Tages mit 13-11 gewannen, gelang den Challengers in der zweiten Partie des Tages ein 10-0 Shutout-Sieg. Bei noch zwei verbleibenden Spielen liegen die Challengers vier Siege vor den fünftplatzierten Rainbows.